Stantec to Lead Design for Florida’s $212 Million Turnpike Reconstruction and Capacity Improvements

ORLANDO, FL- NYSE, TSX: STN: The Florida Department of Transportation’s (FDOT) Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise (FTE), which operates its 461-mile system of limited access toll highways, has selected Stantec to design the reconstruction and capacity improvements for Florida’s Turnpike/State Road (SR) 91 in Lake County. Stantec’s design for the project, with a construction cost of $212 million, will increase the number of travel lanes from four to eight and will facilitate future express lane and el...

ARTBA’s Transportation Safety Industry Division Turns 40

(WASHINGTON) - A landmark anniversary in the effort to improve traffic safety is being celebrated this year with the 40th anniversary of the creation of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) “Traffic Safety Industry Division” (TSID). The anniversary was commemorated at the division’s recent annual summer meeting and social in Columbus, Ohio, held in conjunction with meetings of the American Association of Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and the National...

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Hawaii Department of Transportation Demonstrates CarbonCure for Paving Infrastructure

HONOLULU, HI: The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) announced yesterday that the department is demonstrating the use of concrete made with the CarbonCure Technology as a sustainable transportation initiative. The initial test involves a pour of 150 cubic yards of carbon-injected concrete next to an equivalent pour of standard concrete mix on an access road for the Kapolei Interchange Phase 2 on Oahu Island. “I am pleased to see HDOT moving ahead with CarbonCure, local concrete compan...

Video: SHRP2 Research Highlights Pavement Delamination Fixes

New tools developed from the Second Strategic Highway Research Program or SHRP2 – a partnership between the Federal Highway Administration, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and the Transportation Research Board – are helping state departments of transportation and other agencies detect the location and severity of asphalt “delamination” beneath roadway surfaces. Click here to learn more.

Fluor Joint Venture Selected for $1.7 Billion I-635 LBJ East Infrastructure Project in Dallas

IRVING, Texas  – Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that the Fluor-led joint venture company composed of Fluor and Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc., was selected by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to design and construct the I-635 LBJ East Project in Dallas. The Fluor team’s scope of work includes the widening and full reconstruction of about 11 miles of I-635, also known as LBJ Freeway. The contract also includes an option for Fluor to provide capital maintenance se...

Video: UDOT Installs New Radar-Equipped Wildlife Crossing Signs to Reduce Deer Collisions

The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) is installing new radar-equipped wildlife crossing signs along S.R. 73 in Eagle Mountain to make the highway safer for both drivers and animals. These signs are being placed in a one-mile section of the highway that has seen nearly 100 deer-related collisions in the past four years. This is the first time UDOT has used radar-equipped signs to reduce wildlife collisions. The signs are equipped with LEDs that flash when deer are detected in the area....

Students Use a Driving Simulator to Test Roadway Design Before Construction

ROLLA, Mo. – Two undergraduate students at Missouri University of Science and Technology used a driving simulator to help a civil engineering firm evaluate a new roadway design for the $18.6 million Route 160 widening project from Springfield to Willard, Missouri. David Doell, a senior from Eureka, Missouri, who graduates this week with a degree in engineering management, and Matt DeMoss, an S&T senior from Ozark, Missouri, who also graduates this week with a bachelor’s degree in civil engine...

Video: DDOT Installs Bike Lane Barrier Using Repurposed Wood

Will Handsfield installs and gives a description of the work done on the I Street bike lane on May 7, 2019.

The Trusted Noise Barrier Wall for Virginia I-66 Project

Durisol® awarded the supply the noise barrier walls for the I-66 outside the Beltway highway transformation, with installation set to begin June 2019. Prince William County, VA – The transformation of the Virginia I-66 will begin this coming June and will require the supply of Durisol absorptive wall panels for a 523,000 square foot noise barrier wall along the highway. To mitigate the highway traffic noise impact on adjacent residential communities, noise walls will be constructed or repl...